The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research (J Psychother Pract Res)

Publications in this journal

• Article: The experience of emotional distancing in the management of compulsive hoarding: A visual methods approach using the “HOARD” tool.

  Jones, C Singh
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 04/2013; 2(1):41-46.
• Article: Putting suffering into perspective: implications of the patient's world view.

  J R Peteet
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  ABSTRACT: The need for suffering patients to reexamine their assumptions about life presents therapists with unique challenges and opportunities. Patients with a religious world view often struggle with whether God cares about, or has sent, their pain. Atheistic patients also search for the meaning in their lives but reject the answers offered by traditional authorities. Patients who are uncertain or ambivalent about their world view may challenge a therapist to provide an audience, insight, or direction. Using case examples, the author explores the therapist's role in helping patients with differing world views to integrate their suffering.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(3):187-92.
• Article: Patterns of consistency and deviation in therapists' countertransference feelings.

  R Holmqvist
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  ABSTRACT: The author addressed the question of consistency in psychotherapists' countertransference feelings. Research findings have indicated that the therapist's own personal feeling style may be more important than the patient's impact on the therapist's feelings. In this study, the feelings of 9 psychotherapists toward 28 patients were followed by using checklist self-report after each session during moderately long psychotherapies. ANOVAs and discriminant analyses showed that the therapists were very consistent in their feeling style over different patients and over time. The consistency in feelings toward the individual patients was smaller. Deviations from consistency are analyzed, and their importance for the understanding of different aspects of the countertransference is discussed. It is suggested that a meaningful use of the countertransference concept ought to be based on systematic identifications of recurrent and deviant patterns in the therapist's reactions.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(2):104-16.
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  Article: Making the alliance and taking the transference in work with suicidal patients.

  E M Plakun
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  ABSTRACT: This article focuses on two components of psychodynamic psychotherapy with suicidal patients. First, the value and importance of establishing and maintaining a clearly defined therapeutic alliance is noted and explored. A carefully negotiated alliance can become an edge or boundary across which the survival of the therapy, as well as the patient, can be negotiated. Attention to the vicissitudes of the alliance is hypothesized to be the central initial therapeutic action with suicidal patients. Second, the author explores the importance of "taking" rather than "refusing" the transferences offered by the suicidal patient, particularly negative and erotic transferences. Case examples are offered as illustrations.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(4):269-76.
• Article: Interpersonal psychotherapy group (IPT-G) for depression.

  K R MacKenzie, A D Grabovac
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  ABSTRACT: A case study of a time-limited interpersonal psychotherapy group (IPT-G) is presented to illustrate the use of interpersonal therapy (IPT) to treat patients with major depression in a group psychotherapy format. The use of individual outcome measures as a helpful adjunct to clinical psychotherapeutic practice is demonstrated. Because IPT-G has only a few exclusion criteria (active suicidality and significant borderline personality features), it can be used in a broad range of clinical settings. This clinical example demonstrates IPT-G to be a useful modality for addressing a common and difficult patient population.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(1):46-51.
• Article: Psychotherapy by psychiatrists in a managed care environment: must it be an oxymoron? A forum from the APA commission on Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists. American Psychiatric Association.

  N A Clemens, K R MacKenzie, J L Griffith, J C Markowitz
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(1):53-62.
• Article: Effect of patient gender on outcome in two forms of short-term individual psychotherapy.

  J S Ogrodniczuk, W E Piper, A S Joyce, M McCallum
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  ABSTRACT: This study examined the relationship of patient gender and outcome for two forms (interpretive, supportive) of short-term, individual psychotherapy. Female and male patients (N=89) were randomly assigned to either interpretive or supportive therapy. Outcome was measured in the areas of depression, anxiety, and general symptomatic distress. A significant interaction effect between patient gender and form of therapy was found for measures of depression and general symptomatic distress at post-therapy. Male patients had better outcome in interpretive therapy than in supportive therapy. Female patients had better outcome in supportive therapy than in interpretive therapy. The findings suggest that patient gender may be differentially influential with different forms of short-term therapy.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(2):69-78.
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  Article: Ethnocultural allodynia.

  L Comas-Díaz, F M Jacobsen
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  ABSTRACT: The authors introduce and define ethnocultural allodynia as an abnormally increased sensitivity to relatively innocuous or neutral stimuli resulting from previous exposure to painful culturally based situations. Ethnocultural, gender-specific, and cognitive-behavioral techniques are used in clinical vignettes to illustrate the pervasive ethnic, racial, and gender effects of ethnocultural allodynia in the lives of people of color. Therapy components for the treatment of ethnocultural allodynia are described, including psychoeducation regarding racism and its sequelae, racial socialization, inoculation, and racial stress management.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(4):246-52.
• Article: Attachment theory and psychotherapy research.

  T D Eells
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(2):132-5.
• Article: Early improvement during manual-guided cognitive and dynamic psychotherapies predicts 16-week remission status.

  P Crits-Christoph, M B Connolly, R Gallop, J P Barber, X Tu, M Gladis, L Siqueland
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  ABSTRACT: This study examined the extent to which improvement from baseline to weeks 2, 3, and 4 on the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory predict week 16 clinical remission for patients with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and/or obsessive-compulsive or avoidant personality disorders who were receiving manual-based psychotherapies. Logistic regression and receiver-operator characteristic analyses revealed relatively accurate identification of remitters and nonremitters based on improvement from baseline to sessions 2 to 4 in both original and cross-validation samples. Predictive success did not vary as a function of diagnosis, treatment type (cognitive or dynamic), or treatment status (short-term or long-term). The clinical implications of the results are discussed.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(3):145-54.
• Article: Excellent supervision: the residents' perspective.

  S B Shanfield, V V Hetherly, K L Matthews
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  ABSTRACT: Former residents rated their videotaped psychotherapy supervision sessions on how helpful their supervisors were as teachers during the session. Residents' and experts' ratings of the same videotape were compared and found to have no significant correlation. However, male residents were less critical than either female residents or experts. Former residents were also interviewed. Supervisors were rated as excellent when they were accepting and also when they provided guidance about highly charged clinical dilemmas. Discussion of the impact of the residents' personal experiences on the clinical encounter was also rated high and is best understood from an adult developmental perspective. The findings reveal the lasting value of sympathetic supervisors acknowledging personal concerns and are likely mirrored in all clinical settings.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(1):23-7.
• Article: Psychotherapy of adults with comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and psychoactive substance use disorder.

  R B Aviram, M Rhum, F R Levin
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  ABSTRACT: Psychotherapy for comorbid attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and psychoactive substance use disorder (PSUD) is described. The authors suggest that relapse prevention is an appropriate initial treatment because it is well suited to manage both substance abuse and comorbid symptomatology such as impulsivity, distractibility, and avoidance associated with ADHD. Clinical vignettes describe typical interactions between patients and their therapists, highlighting opportunities for therapists to focus on overlapping symptoms. ADHD is one of the most common comorbid diagnoses with PSUD, and it is important that efficacious psychotherapies be developed to complement psychopharmacological approaches. Clinicians should consider psychotherapy as part of a multimodal treatment approach that includes medication and perhaps family therapy. Additional contributions from clinicians who have experience conducting psychotherapy with this population are needed in order to develop effective treatments.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(3):179-86.
• Article: Informed consent for case reports: the ethical dilemma of right to privacy versus pedagogical freedom.

  S B Levine, S J Stagno
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  ABSTRACT: A new international standard of editorial policy calls for written informed consent by the subject of every case report. Although this appears to be ethically appealing, the authors posit that in some situations, requesting informed consent may be unethical, can harm patients, and may erode the use of case reports as a valuable teaching method in psychiatry and psychotherapy. The authors discuss concerns regarding this new policy for mental health publication based on issues of transference, countertransference, best interest of the patient, and practicality.
  The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research 02/2001; 10(3):193-201.